Production Website Link: https://spark-bytes-project-team5-production-0340.up.railway.app/

This is a team of 5 final project for CS391 S1.

Spark Bytes is a platform for Boston University students and faculty members to post events that provide food or snacks. The aim is to reduce food waste resulting from over-purchasing for events and at the same time, help students access free food.

Navigate to server folder, and run npm install to install all dependencies.

Create a .env file and add the following lines:

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
POSTGRES_USER=postgres
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:password@localhost:5432/postgres?schema=public"
JWT_TOKEN_SECRET=asupersecretthing

Run docker compose up to start the database. This will create a container running the database management system, PostgreSQL.

Next, we need to run a database migration tool to set up the database tables. In a new terminal window, run npx prisma generate and then run npx prisma migrate deploy. You should see that all schemas have successfully been applied.

NOTE: The database has to be running for migration to be successful.

Then, run npm run dev to start the Express backend server. The server will connect to the database we've launched and configured.

Go to http://localhost:5005/api/hello to make sure the database connection is successful.

In another new terminal window, navigate to the client folder, and run npm install to install all dependencies. Then, run npm run dev to start the development server.

1. Signup & Login: Users can register and select their event preferences. Upon successful login, a JWT token is provided for authentication.

2. Profile: Users can view and edit their profiles, and see the events they've posted.

3. Events: Displays all available events. Users can filter these events based on tags.

4. Create Events: Authorized users, approved by admins, can post events and add associated images.

• Frontend: Next.js (TypeScript)
• Backend: Express.js (TypeScript)
• Authentication: JSON Web Token (JWT) and bcrypt for password encryption.
• Database: Users can also use docker-compose.yml to set up a local PostgreSQL container.
• Hosting: Frontend and Backend deployed on Railway

• /client: Holds all client-side code

  • /client/src/common: Contains frequently used files like constants or interfaces.
  • /client/src/components: Currently holds the loading components, more components like the navbar can be added.
  • /client/src/contexts/AuthContext.tsx: Wrapper around _app.tsx to manage authentication context.
  • /client/src/pages: Contains all frontend pages.

• /server: Contains all server-side code

  • /server/server.ts contains the code to start the server.
  • /server/app contains the majority of the code for the server.
    • Each folder in /server/app contains the code for a specific feature.

• https://spark-bytes-project-team5-production-0340.up.railway.app/